Tips to build your own minimalist home/apartment
Having a minimalist home means cleaner lines with less clutter and open spaces. A minimalist home not only creates less clutter but will also let you keep just the essentials for your everyday life. A sense of calmness and less work is what a person can enjoy in a minimalist home. It further becomes easy to maintain and clean. If you are looking forward to build your own minimalist home, ensure that you follow the key points; to keep it simple and clean aesthetics. Here are some ideas;
Designing a minimal home:
Seek an architect’s help and opt for a design which contains minimalist designs (allowance of excess sunlight and excess space). Ensure that the opted architecture features clean lines and in most cases, minimalist homes have box-like shape with flat roofs. Also since a minimalist home should be quite airy, it should have large windows covering an entire wall. Also several common rooms merge with each other as a great room and this includes kitchen, living room and a dining room.
Building materials for a minimalist home:
Ensure that you use building materials which depict simplicity and the same material should be used to cover the entire home. If needed you can use a different material for the window trims, windows and doors. For the exteriors, make use of simple patterns and plain treatments. Materials like wood, stone and stucco can be used for the exteriors as they are best known for their attractive and uncluttered image. The key aspect of using the building materials for a minimalist home is to stick to a same colour and variety to maintain uniformity.
For the interiors:
The interiors should be simple like that of the exteriors and a high quality building material should be used in order to maintain longevity. Pastel and light colors should be used for the floors, walls and the ceilings. The floors can be made up of wood or concrete with traditional drywall for the ceilings and the wall. This will help you make your home spacious and well lit.
Interior decoration:
This is where a home decorator creates follies by dumping too many interior decoration accessories. It is very important that you count the number of accessories you will be placing in all the rooms. If there are too many necessary items, place them in a drawer where they are not visible. Every room should have a focal piece with the other items being simple and a sober color scheme.
